Grim Reaper
Chapter Twelve
~Hana~
Opening my eyes, I can’t move. I could feel that I was tied to something. I wasn’t tired, but it was like I was restrained. Looking down, I can’t speak as I see myself sitting still, not moving. The place I was in was dark, only a light shone on me. “Oh, you’re awake? I didn’t think you’d wake up for a few more hours’ thoughh.” A man’s voice echoes around the room and I see a figure come to stand in front of me. “It’s amazing how you haven’t figured it out yet.” I stare at the silhouette, confused. “You didn’t know I was in your body all this time? Are you dumb?” He asks me and I can’t seem to move. “Of course you can’t move. You’re not in control of your body. You never will be. I’ve learned how your powers have worked and how destructive they are. You’ll be of good use to the new king.” “No.” I stare at him, dread filling me. “You aren’t a possession demon, are you?” “Bingo! It took you a while to realize that! I’ve been in your body for a while now even though I’ve let you keep control.” No, it couldn’t be. Then the outbursts of my powers-“Yes, those were me. I was testing them to see if they were worth my time. They worked out very well, actually.” I see a light in the darkness beside him and watch my body walk to the humans that had joined with the demons. “Master, I have returned with a prized gift.” I hear my voice say, but know it’s the possession demon speaking in my place. “Good, keep her in control while I’m minding the soldiers.” The possession demon turns to me with a sick smile. “I definitely will.”
~Maru~
Grinding my teeth, I slam my fist into my desk. I’d let her run away, and now she was missing. “Ya, it’s not your fault.” Jungkook says from the doorway and I look at him. He hadn’t slept either, the whole mansion had been awake for a couple of days now, still trying to find her. “You don’t understand, it is my fault!” I spit, gripping the edge of the desk. “She ran away after I saw her lose control of her powers! She could see the horror in my eyes when I’d realized that even fire couldn’t burn her! She ran because I was there to witness it!” “Maru-“Jungkook starts forward. “Don’t try to console me! I know it’s my fault and I’m going to have to live with it until we find her! I’m going to have to live with it if she’s wounded or dead when we get to her!” “Maru, is this how much you love her?” Jungkook’s words pierce through me and I turn to look at him.
“We’ve known for a while, the boys and I. I think you just never realized how you felt. Do know how you’re acting? You’re acting like you’re blind. You’re acting as if you’re never going to see her again. Don’t you know how strong Hana is? Even after both kidnappings, beatings and torture, both mental and emotional, she still stood up, ready to face them again. You firmly believe that it was your fault that she disappeared, but is it really? Isn’t it just you being a coward and not looking at it with a bigger view? Sure, she ran away from you, but even if part of it was your fault, most of it wasn’t. Do you know what my sister told me a while ago? She said most of the reasons girls do things, is because of them holding back. You’ve watched Hana fight herself for weeks, and yet can you really say that what you saw was all of it? Can you really say that you knew how much pain she was in? Even if you hurt her more by looking at her with eyes that thought she was a monster, that pain was just a bucket added into an ocean. She may be enduring torture right now, she may already be dead, and yet you’re sitting here whining about how it was all your fault. You say you’re going to have to live with whatever happens to her, but have you ever thought about what we will have to live with? We’re all thinking back to the bad things that we did for her, or the things that we never got to do for her. We’re in pain just as much as you are and yet you’re being selfish. Maru, get your shit together and choose if you’re going to show your love for her like this, or you’re going to do something about finding her.”
Jungkook leaves and I’m frozen. I’d only realized that I’d loved her a week ago, and yet they knew all along. Was that how oblivious I was? I was being a coward. I didn’t want to think about what was happening, but I needed to. I needed to look at it without budging and set a resolve. A resolve to save her.
“I’m going to go out.” I inform Chief Choi and he grabs my shoulder. “Where?” “Somewhere she might be.” “Take the boys with you, if you find her or not, they should be with you.” I bow and we go out. “So, where are we going?” “Her old house.” I say and they look at me. “Have you accepted it finally?” I nod and there’s a relieved sigh. “Now let’s go find her.”
~Hana~
“Now what shall I do to keep myself busy?” The possession demon asks, pacing back and forth in front of me. “Oh, I could extract some memories from you and go through them? Maybe analyze your feelings for people.” He gasps and turns to me, grinning. “I know the perfect thing. Let’s go through your memories and analyze your feelings for one person!” Fear grows in me as he walks to me, placing his hand on my forehead and pulling something out. The memories were like floating orbs, different colors and sizes. “Now let’s see, which ones are the memories of Maru?” The demon muses and picks one of the larger orbs, tapping it a couple of times and a scene shows up on the dark canvas in front of me. It was the first time I’d seen Maru in person. When he’d come to get Jungkook from class. “This is an important memory to you? It’s just watching a couple of boys leave the room!” The demon complains and I look away. “What about this other one, it’s much larger.” The demon grabs another red memory and plays it. It was when I’d woken up with Maru hugging me like I was a stuffed animal. “Do you know something? Us possession demons have a sort of trick we use with the people we possess. So they don’t see us or pay attention to anything else, we take their greatest fears and play them nonstop so we don’t have to do any work other than controlling the body. Shall we see what your fears are?” My eyes widen as the room becomes pitch black and something appears in front of me. You were never a daughter to me. My adoptive father scoffs, looking down at me with cold eyes. My breath is stuck in my throat as father appears next to him. I couldn’t accept someone like you as my daughter. Eomma. You aren’t the daughter I wanted. Min Ah. I hate you, you aren’t and was never my friend. Maru. I don’t love you, you’re a monster. Suddenly they’re dying, one by one. They all die in different ways until they’re gone. They appear again and words echo in my head before they die, different deaths each time. “This is how we torture our victims.” The possession demon laughs and the scenes repeat in an endless circle.
The torture is suddenly cut off and the possession demon has my body stand up, going to the main room again. “Where are you taking me?” I ask, still unable to get up. “The king said that he has a present for you. I hope it’s a good one.” “I’ve brought her here, king.” The demon says with my voice and I look at the man that was the demons’ king. He wasn’t a human being possessed, but instead, a full demon. “My soldiers caught this one and his friends sneaking around at the entrance of our supply room. I brought them here and they seem to be looking for someone.” The king steps aside and I suddenly can’t breathe. The boys were chained to each pillar, each of them terribly beat up. “I see, shall I let this girl take over for a few minutes?” The king smirks. “As long as you can rein her in in a matter of seconds.” “Of course, sir.” The possession demon turns to me and reaches down, snapping one of the chains that held my wrist. I hadn’t even noticed it. I feel myself in control of my voice and face. “Why? Why did you guys. What the fuck were you thinking?!” I yell and they look up at me, glazed eyes and painful looks. I could see them dying in front of my eyes again. I didn’t want to see them die in front of my eyes. “How dare you!” I feel the chains snap and I lunge at the king. “Omo, omo, omo!” The possession demon quickly pushes me back into my chair, snapping chains onto my wrists and ankles. I fall to the ground and the king snarls. “I thought you said you could handle her!” The possession demon makes my body bow repeatedly. “I am sorry king, I lost control of her for just a moment. I’ll take her back to her cell.” I feel myself panic as I can no longer see the boys. “Take me back to them! Take me back!” I scream at the demon and he smirks at me. “Looks like you really do care. Wasn’t there a certain someone that you loved there?” I scream, anger and fear welling up in me. Images of Maru flash before my eyes and when I’d seen him, chained to the pillar just feet from the demon king, he’d been unconscious. What had they done to him to make him like that?! I could feel the chains snapping again and the demon looks at me. “Are you still resisting? Aish, I’m going to have to teach you a lesson.” He goes to the mirror in the room that he’d taken my body to. Grinning, he unsheathes my scythe and holds it up for me to see. Instead of its usual blood red color, it was black. The color of a demon’s heart. Setting the tip on my forearm, the demon drags my scythe up my arm, giggling as I scream in pain. He couldn’t feel it, but I could feel it twenty times more. “How about here?” He drags it from my right shoulder to my left across my chest. “And here?” Up my side. “Now we’ll see if you misbehave.” He sheathes my scythe and calls a demon in. “Stitch her up, we don’t want her to bleed to death.” I scream as the needle enters my body.
Opening my eyes, I can’t move. I could feel that I was tied to something. I wasn’t tired, but it was like I was restrained. Looking down, I can’t speak as I see myself sitting still, not moving. The place I was in was dark, only a light shone on me. “Oh, you’re awake? I didn’t think you’d wake up for a few more hours’ thoughh.” A man’s voice echoes around the room and I see a figure come to stand in front of me. “It’s amazing how you haven’t figured it out yet.” I stare at the silhouette, confused. “You didn’t know I was in your body all this time? Are you dumb?” He asks me and I can’t seem to move. “Of course you can’t move. You’re not in control of your body. You never will be. I’ve learned how your powers have worked and how destructive they are. You’ll be of good use to the new king.” “No.” I stare at him, dread filling me. “You aren’t a possession demon, are you?” “Bingo! It took you a while to realize that! I’ve been in your body for a while now even though I’ve let you keep control.” No, it couldn’t be. Then the outbursts of my powers-“Yes, those were me. I was testing them to see if they were worth my time. They worked out very well, actually.” I see a light in the darkness beside him and watch my body walk to the humans that had joined with the demons. “Master, I have returned with a prized gift.” I hear my voice say, but know it’s the possession demon speaking in my place. “Good, keep her in control while I’m minding the soldiers.” The possession demon turns to me with a sick smile. “I definitely will.”
~Maru~
Grinding my teeth, I slam my fist into my desk. I’d let her run away, and now she was missing. “Ya, it’s not your fault.” Jungkook says from the doorway and I look at him. He hadn’t slept either, the whole mansion had been awake for a couple of days now, still trying to find her. “You don’t understand, it is my fault!” I spit, gripping the edge of the desk. “She ran away after I saw her lose control of her powers! She could see the horror in my eyes when I’d realized that even fire couldn’t burn her! She ran because I was there to witness it!” “Maru-“Jungkook starts forward. “Don’t try to console me! I know it’s my fault and I’m going to have to live with it until we find her! I’m going to have to live with it if she’s wounded or dead when we get to her!” “Maru, is this how much you love her?” Jungkook’s words pierce through me and I turn to look at him.
“We’ve known for a while, the boys and I. I think you just never realized how you felt. Do know how you’re acting? You’re acting like you’re blind. You’re acting as if you’re never going to see her again. Don’t you know how strong Hana is? Even after both kidnappings, beatings and torture, both mental and emotional, she still stood up, ready to face them again. You firmly believe that it was your fault that she disappeared, but is it really? Isn’t it just you being a coward and not looking at it with a bigger view? Sure, she ran away from you, but even if part of it was your fault, most of it wasn’t. Do you know what my sister told me a while ago? She said most of the reasons girls do things, is because of them holding back. You’ve watched Hana fight herself for weeks, and yet can you really say that what you saw was all of it? Can you really say that you knew how much pain she was in? Even if you hurt her more by looking at her with eyes that thought she was a monster, that pain was just a bucket added into an ocean. She may be enduring torture right now, she may already be dead, and yet you’re sitting here whining about how it was all your fault. You say you’re going to have to live with whatever happens to her, but have you ever thought about what we will have to live with? We’re all thinking back to the bad things that we did for her, or the things that we never got to do for her. We’re in pain just as much as you are and yet you’re being selfish. Maru, get your shit together and choose if you’re going to show your love for her like this, or you’re going to do something about finding her.”
Jungkook leaves and I’m frozen. I’d only realized that I’d loved her a week ago, and yet they knew all along. Was that how oblivious I was? I was being a coward. I didn’t want to think about what was happening, but I needed to. I needed to look at it without budging and set a resolve. A resolve to save her.
“I’m going to go out.” I inform Chief Choi and he grabs my shoulder. “Where?” “Somewhere she might be.” “Take the boys with you, if you find her or not, they should be with you.” I bow and we go out. “So, where are we going?” “Her old house.” I say and they look at me. “Have you accepted it finally?” I nod and there’s a relieved sigh. “Now let’s go find her.”
~Hana~
“Now what shall I do to keep myself busy?” The possession demon asks, pacing back and forth in front of me. “Oh, I could extract some memories from you and go through them? Maybe analyze your feelings for people.” He gasps and turns to me, grinning. “I know the perfect thing. Let’s go through your memories and analyze your feelings for one person!” Fear grows in me as he walks to me, placing his hand on my forehead and pulling something out. The memories were like floating orbs, different colors and sizes. “Now let’s see, which ones are the memories of Maru?” The demon muses and picks one of the larger orbs, tapping it a couple of times and a scene shows up on the dark canvas in front of me. It was the first time I’d seen Maru in person. When he’d come to get Jungkook from class. “This is an important memory to you? It’s just watching a couple of boys leave the room!” The demon complains and I look away. “What about this other one, it’s much larger.” The demon grabs another red memory and plays it. It was when I’d woken up with Maru hugging me like I was a stuffed animal. “Do you know something? Us possession demons have a sort of trick we use with the people we possess. So they don’t see us or pay attention to anything else, we take their greatest fears and play them nonstop so we don’t have to do any work other than controlling the body. Shall we see what your fears are?” My eyes widen as the room becomes pitch black and something appears in front of me. You were never a daughter to me. My adoptive father scoffs, looking down at me with cold eyes. My breath is stuck in my throat as father appears next to him. I couldn’t accept someone like you as my daughter. Eomma. You aren’t the daughter I wanted. Min Ah. I hate you, you aren’t and was never my friend. Maru. I don’t love you, you’re a monster. Suddenly they’re dying, one by one. They all die in different ways until they’re gone. They appear again and words echo in my head before they die, different deaths each time. “This is how we torture our victims.” The possession demon laughs and the scenes repeat in an endless circle.
The torture is suddenly cut off and the possession demon has my body stand up, going to the main room again. “Where are you taking me?” I ask, still unable to get up. “The king said that he has a present for you. I hope it’s a good one.” “I’ve brought her here, king.” The demon says with my voice and I look at the man that was the demons’ king. He wasn’t a human being possessed, but instead, a full demon. “My soldiers caught this one and his friends sneaking around at the entrance of our supply room. I brought them here and they seem to be looking for someone.” The king steps aside and I suddenly can’t breathe. The boys were chained to each pillar, each of them terribly beat up. “I see, shall I let this girl take over for a few minutes?” The king smirks. “As long as you can rein her in in a matter of seconds.” “Of course, sir.” The possession demon turns to me and reaches down, snapping one of the chains that held my wrist. I hadn’t even noticed it. I feel myself in control of my voice and face. “Why? Why did you guys. What the fuck were you thinking?!” I yell and they look up at me, glazed eyes and painful looks. I could see them dying in front of my eyes again. I didn’t want to see them die in front of my eyes. “How dare you!” I feel the chains snap and I lunge at the king. “Omo, omo, omo!” The possession demon quickly pushes me back into my chair, snapping chains onto my wrists and ankles. I fall to the ground and the king snarls. “I thought you said you could handle her!” The possession demon makes my body bow repeatedly. “I am sorry king, I lost control of her for just a moment. I’ll take her back to her cell.” I feel myself panic as I can no longer see the boys. “Take me back to them! Take me back!” I scream at the demon and he smirks at me. “Looks like you really do care. Wasn’t there a certain someone that you loved there?” I scream, anger and fear welling up in me. Images of Maru flash before my eyes and when I’d seen him, chained to the pillar just feet from the demon king, he’d been unconscious. What had they done to him to make him like that?! I could feel the chains snapping again and the demon looks at me. “Are you still resisting? Aish, I’m going to have to teach you a lesson.” He goes to the mirror in the room that he’d taken my body to. Grinning, he unsheathes my scythe and holds it up for me to see. Instead of its usual blood red color, it was black. The color of a demon’s heart. Setting the tip on my forearm, the demon drags my scythe up my arm, giggling as I scream in pain. He couldn’t feel it, but I could feel it twenty times more. “How about here?” He drags it from my right shoulder to my left across my chest. “And here?” Up my side. “Now we’ll see if you misbehave.” He sheathes my scythe and calls a demon in. “Stitch her up, we don’t want her to bleed to death.” I scream as the needle enters my body.
Notes
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